# node-schedule

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>__Announcement:__ Node Schedule is looking for add additional collaborators with commit access. If you are actively involved in open source, ping [Tejas Manohar](http://tejas.io) (via [email](mailto:me@tejas.io), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tejasmanohar), etc.) to express interest. Those who already contribute to the project are preferred.

node-schedule is a flexible cron-like and not-cron-like job scheduler for Node.js. It allows you to schedule jobs (arbitrary functions) for execution at specific dates, with optional recurrence rules. It only uses a single timer at any given time (rather than reevaluating upcoming jobs every second/minute).

Read more about the module's core functions on the [About](https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/wiki/About) page of the wiki.

## Usage

Check out our wonderful [wiki] for usage instructions.


## Contributing

This module was originally developed by [Matt Patenaude], and is now maintained by [Tejas Manohar] and [other wonderful contributors].

We'd love to get your contributions. Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given commit-access to the project to contribute as they see fit.

Before jumping in, check out our [Contributing](https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/wiki/Contributing) page on the wiki!


## Copyright and license

Copyright 2015 Matt Patenaude.

Licensed under the **[MIT License] [license]**.


[cron]: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?crontab+5
[wiki]: https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/wiki
[contributing]: https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[Matt Patenaude]: https://github.com/mattpat
[license]: https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/blob/master/LICENSE
[Tejas Manohar]: https://github.com/tejasmanohar
[other wonderful contributors]: https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/graphs/contributors